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DESCRIPTION 



OF A 

S T O IN" El KIsTIPE 

FOUND AT KINGSTON, N.H. 

BY F. W . PUTNAM. 

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[From the Bulletin of the Essex Institute, Vol. v, July, 1873, p. 125.] 

Mr. Putnam stated that since the Amesbmy Field 
Meeting he had received from Capt. J. A. Greely, of 
Amesbury, a drawing of an Indian knife which differed 
in details somewhat from any that he had mentioned in a 
former communication to the Institute (see p. 111). 
This knife was said by Capt. Greely to be made of "red 
slate." It is nearly perfect, one end only being broken 
off, as shown in the figure. Allowing for this missing 




Knife made of 'Ted slate" from Kingston, New Hampshire. One-half 
natural size. Side view and section. 



fragment the knife was about seven inches long ; the 
back is three-quarters of an inch deep and the blade 
about one and one-half inches. The thickness of the 
blade in the centre is about three-tenths of an inch. The 
peculiar workmanship of the back, as shown in the sec- 
tion, in the form of a series of uneven knobs, was prob- 
ably intended to give firmness to the hold when grasped 
by the hand. This specimen was found in a sand deposit 
near Kingston Falls, Kingston, New Hampshire. The 
figure, which is from the drawing of Capt. Greely, repre- 
sents the knife of half its size. 

Printed at the Salem Press. Dec, 1873. 



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